Success Quote by LL Cool J

The message is a compact manifesto for grit. The repetition of "no matter how" drives home that persistence is not conditional on mood, odds, or recent results. It acknowledges the realities of hardship and defeat without letting them become deciding factors. The verbs matter: strive, feel troubled, lose, keep trying. Striving is a process word, while winning is an outcome; pairing them suggests a mindset that holds both in tension. You accept the grind and the setbacks, but you direct that energy toward a concrete goal rather than endurance for its own sake. The emphasis falls not on never losing, but on refusing to let loss have the last word.

Coming from LL Cool J, the sentiment carries the texture of hip-hop and competition. He emerged in the mid-1980s as one of Def Jam’s breakout artists, endured generational shifts in rap, public feuds, critical swings, and the precarious arc from teen prodigy to veteran. The bravado of "Mama Said Knock You Out" mixed with radio-friendly hits made him both target and trailblazer. Reinventing himself across decades — albums, acting, hosting, entrepreneurship — required the very refusal to fold that these lines champion. In a culture that prizes battling and bounce-backs, "keep trying to win" sounds less like hollow optimism and more like a professional necessity.

There is also a pragmatic psychology at work. To keep trying after losing demands more than raw will; it requires recalibration, learning, and the humility to adjust tactics while guarding confidence. The instruction is not to deny pain or failure, but to outlast them with action. That stance suits arenas where feedback is public and unforgiving, but it scales to ordinary life: exams, job hunts, relationships, recovery. The world will supply difficulty and defeat without your help. What you supply is the decision, repeated as often as needed, to continue striving until effort and adaptation eventually turn into a win.